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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: KweegKweeg Date: Sep 2, 2008 16:47
> "Anim8rFSK" cox.net> wrote...>> It's a little hard to make a case for 'field reports' because then there
>> should be at least 12 ships. Maybe 13. :)
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>> Of course maybe they don't display "100%%"
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>> If they were building new ships, you wouldn't expect the 1701 to be
>> there.
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>> It's interesting that there's a ship with a GAP in it's completeness.
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> Or maybe these are the only ships within a range
> that makes this base accessible to them and there's
> other bases tracking other ships.
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> Most shipyards in contemporary times both build
> new ships and repair/refit existing ones.
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> Maybe a new ship requires some last-minute fixes
> after its launching? Or it's Tuesday, the photon
> torpedoes just got delivered and they put back into
> base for them?
... or they repair/refit by swapping out whole systems rather than parts.
Maybe it's easier, cheaper, less time consuming or takes less people (thus
the ship spends less time non-operational) to replace warp nacelles (for
instance) "pre tuned" than send a crew over to tinker with the fitted ones
once the ship arrives.
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Kweeg
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